...VIRTUAL MEETINGS: SMART MANAGEMENT Group - 3 Team Members Lokesh Singal Hardik Trivedi Raju Dandwani Nikunj Suhagiya Zayn Shaikh Index ● ● ● ● Introduction Case Study Questions MIS In Action References Introduction ● What are virtual meetings? 4 Videoconference ● A videoconference allows individuals at two or more locations to communicate simultaneously through two-way video and audio transmissions. ● Growing at an annual rate of 30 percent. ● Examples: 1. Rip Curl, a producer of surfing equipment, uses videoconferencing to help its designers, marketers, and manufacturers collaborate on new products. 2. Executive recruiting firm Korn/Ferry International uses video interviews to screen potential candidates before presenting them to clients. 3. Zomato also uses Skype for interviewing potential candidates. 5 Telepresence ● The top-of-the-line videoconferencing technology is known as telepresence. ● It is defined as a sensation of being elsewhere, created by virtual reality technology.[1] ● Prices for fully equipped telepresence rooms can run to $500,000. 6 Case Studies Questions 1. One consulting firm has predicted that video and Web conferencing will make business travel extinct. Do you agree? Why or why not? 7 Case Studies Questions 2. What is the distinction between videoconferencing and telepresence? 8 Case Studies Questions 3. What are the ways in which videoconferencing provides value to...
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...Katrina Cano CIT300 October 11, 2014 Chapter 2 Review Questions 1. What are the major features of a business that are important for understanding the role of information systems? A business is a formal complex organization producing products or services for a profit. Businesses have specialized functions, such as finance and accounting, human resources, manufacturing and production, and sales and marketing. Business organizations are arranged hierarchically into levels of management. A business process is a logically related set of activities that define how specific business tasks are performed. Business firms must monitor and respond to their surrounding environments. 1.1 Define a business and describe the major business functions. A business refers to a formal organization whose aim is to produce products or provide services for a profit. Every business, regardless of its size, must perform four functions to succeed. It must produce the product or service; market and sell the product or service; keep track of accounting and financial transactions; and perform basic human resources tasks, such as hiring and retaining employees. 1.2 Define business processes and describe the role they play in organizations. A business process refers to a logically related set of activities that define how specific business tasks are performed. Business processes are the ways in which a business collaborates and organizes work activities, information, and knowledge to produce their...
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...Name : Parenkumar MIS HOMEWORK. Case study Question The system that is described in the case is ERP(Enterprise resource planning * An integrated system that operates in (next to) real time, without relying on periodic update * A common database, that supports all applications. * A consistent look and feel throughout each module. * Installation of the system without elaborate application/data integration by the Information Technology (IT) department. Ans 2 The reason behind why company changes took place. Company lost 6 key person in the implementation process. Best way to solve this problem is that not to keep key person into such a responsibility. Ans 3 In order to increase profit, reduce their risks and eliminate Problem Company should tighten the integration process of the entire department. Most systems are modular to permit automating some functions but not others. Some common modules, such as finance and accounting are adopted by nearly all users; others such as human resource management are not. A service company for example likely has no need a manufacturing module. MIS in Action 1) In order to solve the problem of El-Alamein ( teradata) can be very useful in traning services and provisions for consulting services and also the friendly use of ERP system. CASE STUDY: Virtual Meetings Ans 1) Technology consulting firm Accenture has forecast that...
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...Virtual Worlds: S(t)imulating Creativity in Decision Making Niamh O Riordan, Philip O’Reilly Business Information Systems, University College Cork. Ireland. niamhmoriordan@yahoo.com | philip.oreilly@ucc.ie The significance of the earliest phase of decision making stems from the fact that decision makers 'frame' problems during this phase. These frames shape all subsequent decision making phases (Beach, 1997), fundamentally conditioning decision making outcomes (Daly et al., 2008). Avenues not considered at this stage are unlikely to be considered in the future (Adam, 2008). Further, decision making is most creative at these stages: there is a great deal of uncertainty at play but there are fewer constraints and there is less at stake. This paper argues that virtual worlds offer a potent combination of social, sensory and simulational capabilities that can stimulate creativity in decision making; and it also reports the findings of an investigation of the behavioural and cognitive aspects of creative decision making in Second Life®. The findings illustrate that Second Life users are faced with a kind of "tyranny of freedom": if anything is possible, where does one start? The answer appears to lie in a kind of "retrospective foresight" whereby decision makers draw upon prior experiences and use analogical reasoning to articulate metaphorical systems of thought. ABSTRACT. KEYWORDS: problem definition; framing; creative decision making; virtual worlds Journal of Décision...
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...Virtual Meetings: Smart Management 1. Video and web conferencing won’t make business travel extinct. There are many businesses that needs the employers to communicated not only face by face but also by the reality works and the attitudes. 2. Telepresence is a advance form of videoconference which is more cheaper, good quality and easy to use. Telepresence is lifelike, video conferencing is not. 3. Impact on business travel Improve communication between customers and the company or employers and employees Reduction the travel cost I think it is depend on what are kind of business and its size? The videoconference is expensive for the small business and it required many equipments for the conference rooms which is not necessary and I think the telepresence is more convenience. It doesn’t required any software and a lots cheaper. 4. If I was in charge of a small business I would not choose the videoconference. Because the telepresence is cheaper, high definition and it doesn’t require any specific equipments as videoconference. Mis In Action 1. Save money and time (travel free, jet lag, simple equipments) Unlimited connect (anywhere, anytime) More than just a meeting (training, presentation, marketing) For the large business: it opens up a large networks and connection is so much easier. For the small business: save money for a business, less risks and convenience. 2. The videoconference is more professional but it is very expensive...
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...INTERACTIVE SESSION: MANAGEMENT VIRTUAL MEETINGS: SMART MANAGEMENT Instead oftaking that 6:30 A.M. plane to make a round of meetings in Dallas, wouldn't it be great if you could attend these events without leaving your desktop? 'Ioday you can, thanks to technologies for videoconferencing and for hosting online meetings over the Web. A June 2008 report issued by the Global e-Sustainability Initiative and the Climate Group estimated that up to 20 percent of business travel could be replaced by virtual meeting technology. A video conference allows individuals at two or more locations to communicate simultaneously through two-way video and audio transmissions. The critical feature of videoconferencing is the digital compression of audio and video streams by a device called a codec. Those streams are then divided into packets and transmitted over a network or the Internet. Until recently, the technology was plagued by poor audio and video performance, and its cost was prohibitively high for all but the largest and most powerful corporations. Most companies deemed videoconferencing a poor substitute for face-to-face meetings. However, vast improvements in videoconferenc ing and associated technologies have renewed inter est in this way of working. Videoconferencing is now growing at an annual rate of 30 percent. Proponents of the technology claim that it does more than sim ply reduce costs. It allows for "better" meetings as well: it's easier to meet with partners, suppliers, sub...
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...Virtual Teams: A Review of Current Literature and Directions for Future Research1 Anne Powell Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Gabriele Piccoli Cornell University Blake Ives University of Houston Abstract Information technology is providing the infrastructure necessary to support the development of new organizational forms. Virtual teams represent one such organizational form, one that could revolutionize the workplace and provide organizations with unprecedented levels of flexibility and responsiveness. As the technological infrastructure necessary to support virtual teams is now readily available, further research on the range of issues surrounding virtual teams is required if we are to learn how to manage them effectively. While the findings of team research in the traditional environment may provide useful pointers, the idiosyncratic structural and contextual issues surrounding virtual teams call for specific research attention. This article provides a review of previously published work and reports on the findings from early virtual team research in an effort to take stock of the current state of the art. The review is organized around the input – process – output model and categorizes the literature into issues pertaining to inputs, socio-emotional processes, task processes, and outputs. Building on this review we critically evaluate virtual team research and develop research questions that can guide future inquiry in this fertile are of inquiry. ACM Categories:...
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...Unit 7.3 Strategic Resource Management Level 7 Contents Introduction 1.1 Investigate how human resource management contributes to the achievement of organisational objectives 1.2 Critically evaluate the role of human resource management within an organisation 1.3 Appraise the processes that an organisation uses to plan its human resource requirements 2.1 Evaluate the recruitment and retention strategies used in an organisation 2.2 Critically assess the techniques that are used for employee development in an organisation 2.3 Evaluate the contribution of human resource development techniques in ensuring employee engagement 2.4 Systematically analyse the effectiveness of human resource management strategies in supporting organisational strategy 3.1 Investigate how physical resource management contributes to the achievement of organisational objectives 3.2 Critically evaluate the role of physical resource management within an organisation 3.3 Systematically appraise the processes that an organisation uses to plan its physical requirements 4.1 Investigate how marketing activities contribute to the achievement of organisational objectives 4.2 Critically evaluate the role of marketing operations within an organisation 4.3 Systematically appraise the processes that an organisation uses to develop its markets 5.1 Investigate how information systems management contributes to the achievement of organisational objectives 5.2 Critically evaluate the role...
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...Management Information Systems Chapter 2 COMPONENTS OF A BUSINESS * A business is a formal organization whose aim is to produce products or provide services for a profit – that is, to sell products at a price greater than the costs of production. * ORGANIZING A BUSINESS: BASIC BUSINESS FUNCTIONS * The decision of what to produce is called a strategic choice because it determines your likely customers, the kind of employees you will need, the production methods and facilities needed, the marketing themes, and many other choices. * The five basic entities in a business with which it must deal are: suppliers, customers, employees, invoices/payments, and, of course, products and services. * BUSINESS PROCESSES * The actual steps and tasks that describe how work is organized in a business are called business processes. * A logically related set of activities that define how specific business tasks are performed. * Also refer to the unique ways in which work, information, and knowledge are coordinated in a specific organization. Manufacturing & Production | * Assembling the product * Checking for quality * Producing bills of materials | Sales & Marketing | * Identifying customers * Making customers aware of the product * Selling the product | Finance & Accounting | * Paying creditors * Creating financial statements * Managing...
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...MIS Mini-cases -- 1 of 30 Cases for Use in Management Information Systems MIS Mini-cases -- 2 of 30 MIS Mini-cases -- 3 of 30 Case 01 -- Freeway Ford You are a management consultant working for Franklin Absolom, the majority stockholder for a group of 10 automobile dealerships. He has asked you to spend several days at Freeway Ford, a dealership that is not performing up to its potential. You are not to go ―looking for trouble‖: instead, your assignment is to find ways to help management at the dealership take advantage of opportunities. One day while you are talking with James Kahler, the sales manager for Freeway Ford, you realize that the dealership only uses transaction processing systems—it is not realizing the full potential of the information it has gathered for managerial decision making. For example, Freeway Ford knows the purchase date and owner of every car it sells, but it never contacts owner about routine maintenance. Freeway Ford know that people who purchase a new car generally trade it in for another new car 3 to 4 years later, but the dealership does not contact these previous customers. Another opportunity comes from used car purchasing and sales. Every car has a vehicle identification number (VIN), and the dealership uses this number to check for known problems with a used car before it makes a purchase. A data bank of car insurance claims histories and major repairs is kept on a set of CDs that is sent to the dealership each month. At the...
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...Course Related 2 Virtual Expert 2 JSB Inc. 2 James S. Black (Company founder) 2 Abigail Foley (Senior vice president of Business Development) 2 Mark Thompson (Business Development Manager) 2 Major Business Functions (In JSB) 3 Manufacturing 3 Sales and Marketing 3 Human Resources 3 Finance and Accounting 3 Terms 3 Information vs Data 3 Digital Manufacturing 3 DELMIA 3 POS 3 Inventory Management System 3 Mapping Technology 3 Electronic Business / E-Business 3 Electronic Commerce / E-Commerce 3 E-Government 3 Problem Solving 3 Critical Thinking 3 Steps 3 1. Problem Identification 3 Dimensions of Business Problems 3 Organizations 3 Technology 3 People 3 Examples 3 2. Solution Design 3 3. Solution Evaluation and Choice 3 4. Implementation 3 Analyzing Performance 3 Case Study Analysis 3 Identify the most important facts surrounding the case 3 Identify key issues and problems 3 Specify alternative courses of action 3 Evaluate each course of action 3 Recommend the best course of action 3 Information Systems 3 Definition 3 Information Technology versus Information Systems 3 Information Technology 3 Information System 3 Dimensions 3 Organization 4 Technology 4 Components 4 Hardware 4 Software 4 Data Management Technology 4 Networking and Telecommunications Technology 4 Function 4 People 4 Functions 4 Input 4 Processing 4 Output 4 Types 4 Strategic-level systems 5 ...
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...How Businesses Use Information Systems Objectives: * Identify the features of a business that are important for an information system * Describe the way in which information systems support business operations * Explain how the information systems improve organizational performance * Assess the role of the information system within a business Defining the Features of a Business Four Basic Business Functions * Manufacturing and production – an arrangement of people, machines, and business processes (procedures) that will produce the product * Business Process * Assembling the product * Checking for quality * Producing bills of materials * Sales and marketing – who will attract customers, sell the product and keep track of after sale issues, such as warranties and maintenance * Business Process * Identifying customers * Making customers aware of the product * Selling the product * Finance and accounting – once you generate sales, to keep track of financial transactions, such as orders, invoices, disbursements, and payroll. This group will see out sources of credit and finances. * Business Process * Paying creditors * Creating financial statements * Managing cash accounts * * Human resources – group of people to focus on recruiting, hiring training, and retaining employees * Business Process * Hiring employees ...
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...1 Department of Computing Goldsmiths College University of London Syed Sahin Ali (MA902SA) Course Code: IS51014A-CIS Course Title: COMPUTING SPECTRUM (CIS) Assignment 1 Lecturer: Dr James Ohene-Djan Handout date 25/10/10 Date to submit 15/11/10 Introduction In this assignment I will be answering 10 essay questions about computer information systems. I will be trying to determine why information systems are so essential in business, and how businesses use information systems. Syed Sahin Ali (MA902SA) 2 COMPUTING SPECTRUM (CIS) Assignment 1 1) What is the difference between information technology and information systems? Describe some of the functions of information systems. In your answer include two examples of information technologies and two examples of information systems. A) Information Systems are systems, which have been designed to collect, manipulate, store and distribute data. Information systems help with decision-making, were once accurate and current data was inaccessible now is readily available. This helps decrease business costs and helps retain customers. If a company is facing a challenge or problem, information systems provide a solution. Information systems help managers make better decisions, increase profitability and make more efficient business processes. Two organisations that use information systems are Tesco who keep a record of what you buy, if you own a Tesco club card. Also universities, like Goldsmiths, keep a record of student...
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...Virtual Teams: A Review of Current Literature and Directions for Future Research1 The DATA BASE for Advances in Information Systems Anne Powell Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Gabriele Piccoli Cornell University Blake Ives University of Houston Winter 2004 (Vol. 35, No. 1) Introduction Global competition, reengineered product life cycles, mass customization, and the increased need to respond quickly to customers’ needs are just some of the more pronounced trends currently driving organizational change (Grenier & Metes, 1995; Miles & Snow, 1986; Miles & Snow, 1992). One of the building blocks of these successful organizations is the Virtual Team. As a consequence, a growing number of organizations are implementing them or plan to implement them in the near future (Lipnack &Stamps, 1997; McDonough et al., 2001) and their use is expected to continue to grow (Carmel & Agarwal, 2001; McDonough et al., 2001). The increasing popularity of virtual teams has spurred a parallel growth in research examining various aspects of virtual team adoption and use. Recent research has studied virtual team inputs, socioemotional processes, task processes, and outcomes. Much of this literature focuses on comparisons of virtual teams and traditional teams. Virtual Teams Traditionally, both the terms “team” and “group” have been used to describe small collections of people at work. While the two terms are often used interchangeably...
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...Developments in Practice XXXVI: How to Talk So Business Will Listen … And Listen So Business Will Talk Heather A. Smith School of Business, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario heather.a.smith.queens@gmail.com James D. McKeen School of Business, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario One of the most important skills all IT staff need to develop today is how to communicate effectively with business. Over and over, research has shown that if IT and business cannot speak the same language, focus on the same issues and communicate constructively, they cannot build a trusting relationship. And business is consistently more negative about IT‘s ability to communicate effectively than IT is. In fact, even while IT collaboration is improving, business‘s assessment of IT‘s communication skills is declining. While much attention has been paid to organizational alignment between IT and business (e.g., governance, structure) very little has been paid to the nature and impact of the social dimension of alignment, a big element of which involves communication. To explore the business and interpersonal competencies that IT staff will need in order to do their jobs effectively over the next five–seven years and what companies should be doing to help develop them, the authors convened a focus group of senior IT managers from a variety of different organizations. This paper documents the results of this discussion, integrating them with findings from the research and practitioner literature...
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